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<h3 class="section">6.1 Interoperability with C</h3>
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<p>Since Fortran 2003 (ISO/IEC 1539-1:2004(E)) there is a
standardized way to generate procedure and derived-type
declarations and global variables that are interoperable with C
(ISO/IEC 9899:1999).  The <code>BIND(C)</code> attribute has been added
to inform the compiler that a symbol shall be interoperable with C;
also, some constraints are added.  Note, however, that not
all C features have a Fortran equivalent or vice versa.  For instance,
neither C&rsquo;s unsigned integers nor C&rsquo;s functions with variable number
of arguments have an equivalent in Fortran.
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<p>Note that array dimensions are reversely ordered in C and that arrays in
C always start with index 0 while in Fortran they start by default with
1.  Thus, an array declaration <code>A(n,m)</code> in Fortran matches
<code>A[m][n]</code> in C and accessing the element <code>A(i,j)</code> matches
<code>A[j-1][i-1]</code>.  The element following <code>A(i,j)</code> (C: <code>A[j-1][i-1]</code>;
assuming <em>i &lt; n</em>) in memory is <code>A(i+1,j)</code> (C: <code>A[j-1][i]</code>).
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